G N Balasubramaniam

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Surely you will tell me that there are plenty of resources on the web with his concerts and that would be perfectly true. I go back to my goal of getting all my recordings on to the cloud (preferably in my own space which I can control), open it up for anyone who wanders to this site and hope they enjoy the recordings.

With so much having been reported about him, It is pointless to say anything about GNB and I will leave it that.

with Balamuralikrishna – AIR Concert

  • varNam – bEgaDA
  • kaLala nerchinA – deepakam
  • rAgaratna mAlikacE – reetigowLa
  • kamalAmbAm bhajarE – kalyANi
  • ninnE namminAnu – tODi
  • slOkam & various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palghat Mani Iyer

  • Intachala – Begada – Varnam
  • Manasayetulo – Malayamarutham
  • Ekadandam – Bilahari
  • Kaddanuvariki – Todi
  • Emani Pogadu – Veera Vasantham
  • Ninnusevincha – Yadukulakambodhi
  • Kannathandri – Narayani
  • RTP – Shanmugapriya
  • Maa Ramanan – hindOlam

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palani Subramanya Pillai

so so recording quality

  • Ekadantam – bilahari
  • nannubrOva rarA – bhairavam
  • taramA nee – kalyANi
  • EtAvuna nErchitivO – yadukula kAmbhOji
  • manasulOni – hindOLam
  • RTP – bhairavi
  • various

with M S Gopalakrishnan, C S Murugabhoopathy and Mannargudi Natesa Pillai (Morsing)

Fantastic concert (can I say hair raising)

  • rAmakathA – madyamAvati (tani)
  • nannu broVa rarA – bhairavam
  • sudhAmayi – amrutavarshiNi
  • RTP – nATakurunji
  • himagiri tanayE – suddha dhanyAsi
  • slOkam – rAgamAlika
  • dharma sravaNa vijayatE – durgA

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and U K Sivaraman – Tiruvayaru

Constant hum in the recording

  • yOchana – darbAr
  • manasA eTulO – malayamArutam
  • paralOka sAdanamE – poorvikalyANi
  • manasunilpa – AbhOgi
  • teliyalEru rAmA – dhEnukA

with Lalgudi Jayaraman

continuously varying quality of recording

  • mAkElara – ravichandrikA
  • sundaradaravEham – pantuvarALi
  • rAgaratna mAlikacE – reetigowLa
  • suguNamulE – chakravAgam
  • nannu brOva – sankarAbaraNam
  • rAmakathA sudhA – madyamAvati
  • RTP – sahAnA
  • slOkam – rAgamAlikA

with Papa Venkatramiah

Initial parts missing

  • ??? – sAvEri
  • mAmava sadA – kAnaDa
  • jaya jaya padma – sarasAngi
  • paripAlamAm – reetigowLa
  • parama purusham – vasantA

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palghat Raghu

  • varNam – mOhanam – Adi
  • sObillu – jaganmOhini
  • telisi rAma – poorNachandrikA
  • sundara tara dEham – pantuvarALi
  • paripAlayamAm – reetigowLa
  • parama pAvani – aTANA
  • manasulOni – hindOLam
  • suguNamulE – chakrvAgam
  • RTP – kAmbhOji
  • various

with T Chowdiah, Palghat Mani Iyer and PSP (which one?)

  • varNam – bEgaDA
  • vAtApi gaNapatim – hamsadwani
  • manasA eTulO – malayamArutam
  • raghuvara – pantuvarALi
  • sri ramA ramaNi – mOhanam
  • tAmadamEn swAmi – tODi
  • Emani pogadadurA – veera vasantam (diff concert ?)
  • telisi rAma – poorNachandrikA
  • RTP – kAmbhOji
  • smara vAram vAram – sindhubharavi
  • various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palghat Raghu – Music Academy 1964

  • varNam – AbhOgi
  • shObillu – jaganmOhini
  • paripAlaya – pantuvarALi
  • kalayAmi raghurAmam – bEgaDA
  • karikaLaba mukam – sAvEri
  • dAriNi – suddhasAvEri
  • yagyAdulu – jayamanOhari
  • vara rAgalaya – senjukAmbhOji
  • RTP – kalyANi
  • various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palghat Raghu

  • sAdinchanE – Arabhi
  • vinAyakA – hamsadwani
  • paralOka sAdanamE – poorvikalyANi
  • dArini telusukOnTi – suddhasAvEri
  • upachAramulanu – bhairavi
  • rAmachandram bhAvayAmi – vasantA
  • ETi lochana – kiranAvaLi
  • RTP – kAmbhOji
  • himagiri tanayE – suddhadhanyAsi
  • various
  • vAtApi – hamsadwani
  • paripAlaya – pantuvarALi
  • manasA eTulO – malayamArutham
  • rAgasudhArasa – AndOlikA
  • kalayAmi raghurAmam – bEgaDA
  • bAlagOpala – bhairavi
  • parama pAvani – aTANA
  • RTP – shanmukapriyA
  • mAramaNan – hindOLam
  • SlokAm & Various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palani Subramanya Pillai – Gurukulam

  • rAmAninnE – sArangA – Adi – Pooci Srinivasa AyyangAr
  • sri subramanyAya – kAmbhOji
  • rAkA sasivadanA – kalgaDA (incomplete)
  • chidambaram – begaDA
  • slOkam – rAgamAlikA
  • sEvikkavEnDum ayyA – AndOlikA

with T N Krishnan and Palghat Raghu

  • varNam – mOhanam – Adi
  • pranamAmyaham – gowLa
  • paralOka sAdanamE – poorvikalyANi
  • sAmaja varagamanA – hindOLam
  • majAnaki – kAmbhOji
  • telisi rAma – poorNachandrikA
  • RTP – tODi
  • various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and C S Murugabhoopathy – Pudukottai 1965

  • varNam – AbhOgi
  • sAkEta nagara nATa – harikAmbhOji
  • sundaradaravegham – pantuvarALi
  • Ekadantam bhajEham – bilahari
  • rAgasudhArasa – AndOlikA
  • sri subramanyAya namastE – kAmbhOji
  • tappaganE – suddha bangaLA
  • rtp – shanmukapriyA
  • various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palghat Raghu

Constant changes in speed and pitch

  • varNam – mOhanam
  • vAtApi – hamsadwani
  • manasunilpa – AbhOgi
  • nidhichAla sukamA – kalyANi
  • sri subramanyAya namastE – kAmbhOji
  • parAmukmElarA – suraTi
  • sudhAmayi – amrutavarshiNi
  • RTP – tODi
  • slOkam – rAgamAlika
  • various

with Nellai Mani and Nellai Devarajan

  • ee vasudA – sahAnA
  • tappaganE – Suddha bangaLA
  • sundara daravEham – pantuvarALi
  • manasunilpa – AbhOgi
  • nannu brOva – sankarAbaraNam
  • ArakimpavE – tODi
  • RTP – kalyANi
  • mAramaNan – hindOLam
  • slOkam – rAgamAlikA
  • dharma sravaNa vijaytE – durgA

with Lalgudi Jayaraman and U K Sivaraman – Krishna Gana Sabha 1963

  • varNam – kAnaDA
  • sAkEta nagaranATa – hari kAmbhoji
  • paralOka sadanamE – poorvikalyANi
  • Ekadantam bhajEham – bilahari
  • tAmamdamEn swAmi – tODi
  • etuDA nilichitE – sankarAbaraNam
  • Emani pogaDudurA – veera vasanatam
  • Etu namminA – sAvEri
  • RTP – dEvamanOhari

with Lalgudi Jayaraman

  • sudhAmayi – amrutavarshiNi
  • Long Alapana (lead up to RTP) – tODi (incomplete)

Another concert

  • vAtApi – hamsadwani
  • sundara daravEham – pantuvarALi
  • manasunilpa – AbhOgi

with T Chowdiah and Palghat Mani Iyer

  • varNam – bEgaDA
  • jaya jaya – sarasAngi
  • raghuvara – pantuvarALi
  • baDalika deerA – reetigowLa
  • Evara maTukudura – kalyANi
  • dAriNi telusu – suddha sAvEri
  • sukhi evvarO – kAnaDA
  • rAmachandram bhAvayAmi – vasantA
  • RTP – bhairavi
  • various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman

  • varNam – mOhanam
  • yOchanA – darbAr
  • ennagAnu rAmabhajana – pantuvarAli
  • baDalika deerA – reetigowLa
  • EtAvuna nerchitivO – yadukulakAmbhOji
  • AragimpavE – tODi
  • sarasa sAma dAna – kApinArAyaNi
  • RTP – kalyANi
  • various

with Lalgudi Jayaraman

Poor recording quality

  • ee vasudA – sahAnA
  • parOlak sAdanamE – poorvikalyANi
  • suguNamulE – chakrvagam
  • Emi jesitE – tODi
  • parAmukamElarA – surraTi

with Lalgudi Jayaraman

  • siva siva siva – pantuvaraLi
  • paridanamichede – bilahari
  • maragatavallim – kAmbhOji
  • Emani pogaDadura – veeravasantam
  • nenarunchinanu – malavi
  • RTP – Todi
  • himagiritanaye – suddhadhanyasi

with Mayavaram Govindaswamy Pillai and Palani Subramanya Pillai – AIR

  • ee vasudA neevanTi – sahAnA
  • sAkEta nagara – harikAmbhOji
  • sri ramA ramaNi – mOhanam
  • pAlincu kAmAkshi – madyAmavati
  • mAramaNan – hindOLam

with Marella Kesava Rao and Laximinarayan – AIR Hyderabad

  • jAnaki ramaNa – suddhaseemandini
  • gNana mosagarAdA – poorvikalyANi
  • samayamu telisi – asAvEri
  • eTu namminA – sAvEri
  • slOkam

with Lalgudi Jayaraman

RTP in KambhOji